Physician - Family Practice
Profession: Physician
Specialty: Family Medicine
Duration: Approximately 12 weeks
Shift: 8P-8A
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Board-certified or board-eligible Family Medicine physician, within three years of completing residency. Comfortable treating both adult and pediatric patients. Experience providing newborn nursery care.
License: Active medical license in North Carolina.
Certifications: NRP certification required.
Must-Have: Ventilator management, intubations, and EKG interpretation skills required.
Description:
Clientist coverage for Family Medicine.
Patient population includes adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery patients.
Approximately 8-10 shifts per month anticipated.
Census of approximately 30-35 patients, shared with another provider.
Must respond to hospital codes.
Consulting specialists available in cardiology, nephrology, and oncology.
One physician responsible for rounding and admissions overnight.
Client-owned apartments provided for provider lodging.
Required skills include ventilator management, intubations, and EKG interpretation.
Preferred skills include central line placement, arterial line placement, elective cardioversion, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis, minor laceration suturing, and incision and drainage (I&D).
Fellowship training is preferred.
All required certifications include ABLS, ACLS, ATLS, BLS, and PALS.
The facility does not require board certification.
Experience with pediatric and newborn care is required.
General outpatient and inpatient care experience is required.
Pediatric hospitalist experience is required.
